Prince Charles and I are squirrelly in the exact same way

By Vinay Menon Entertainment Columnist Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 In case you’ve been preoccupied with real news, Prince Charles turned 70 on Wednesday and there is much we commoners do not know about the future king. It’s interesting. Until this week, I thought of him as some kind of aristocratic cyborg. You know what I mean? Yes? No? All I mean is Prince Charles, when on the world stage, tended to exude the warmth of a rubber doorstop. If you were to slug back a pint with him, I figured he’d glower and bore you with tales of Henry VIII. “You know, he was right to seek annulment with Catherine of Aragon.” Yeah, yeah, Chuck, finish your beer so we can get the bill. But as it turns out, my lifelong (and ignorant) assessment was dead wrong: Charles may well be the most interesting member of the Royal family alive today. Article Continued Below Prince William? Please. A nice enough young fellow who, nonetheless, is about as memorable as an interactive map at the mall; he’ll tell you where to go, you just won’t remember getting there. Prince Harry? Sure, more compelling than his older brother — but still lacking that je ne sais quoi. If you went camping with Harry, he’d instinctively apologize to the logs before setting them on fire. Even Meghan Markle, the most clickbait-y Royal in recent memory, now seems about as lively as a store mannequin compared to her father-in-law. How was I so blind… [Read full story]